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Cover of Olga Dies Dreaming by Xochitl Gonzalez

Women and Books Discussing Olga Dies Dreaming by Xochitl Gonzalez

In-Person and Virtual Program
2024-10-01 18:00:00 2024-10-01 19:00:00 America/Los_Angeles Women and Books Discussing Olga Dies Dreaming by Xochitl Gonzalez Join the book club for a hybrid (in-person and online) discussion of Olga Dies Dreaming by Xochitl Gonzalez. For adults. West Hollywood Library - Meeting Room

Tuesday, October 01
6:00pm - 7:00pm

Add to Calendar 2024-10-01 18:00:00 2024-10-01 19:00:00 America/Los_Angeles Women and Books Discussing Olga Dies Dreaming by Xochitl Gonzalez Join the book club for a hybrid (in-person and online) discussion of Olga Dies Dreaming by Xochitl Gonzalez. For adults. West Hollywood Library - Meeting Room

West Hollywood Library

Meeting Room

Join the book club for a hybrid (in-person and online) discussion of Olga Dies Dreaming by Xochitl Gonzalez. For adults.

This is a hybrid event and will be hosted in-person in the Community Meeting Room at West Hollywood Library as well as on Zoom. Please register at the link below to receive the link to the meeting via email.

https://library-lacounty-gov.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcrce2srDouH9aTyu_GZqZsrFCiAOBmnVz3

Co-sponsored by the City of West Hollywood Women's Advisory Board, Women and Books Book Club meets on the first Tuesday of the month to discuss literary works by and focused on women.

Please contact the library to borrow a print copy of the book. eBook is available through Libby app/OverDrive and eAudiobook is available through Libby app/OverDrive and hoopla digital.

Summary provided by the publisher:

It's 2017, and Olga and her brother, Pedro "Prieto" Acevedo, are boldfaced names in their hometown of New York. Prieto is a popular congressman representing their gentrifying Latinx neighborhood in Brooklyn, while Olga is the tony wedding planner for Manhattan’s power brokers. Despite their alluring public lives, behind closed doors things are far less rosy. Sure, Olga can orchestrate the love stories of the 1 percent, but she can’t seem to find her own...until she meets Matteo, who forces her to confront the effects of long-held family secrets. Olga and Prieto’s mother, Blanca, a Young Lord turned radical, abandoned her children to advance a militant political cause, leaving them to be raised by their grandmother. Now, with the winds of hurricane season, Blanca has come barreling back into their lives.

Set against the backdrop of New York City in the months surrounding the most devastating hurricane in Puerto Rico’s history, Xochitl Gonzalez’s Olga Dies Dreaming is a story that examines political corruption, familial strife, and the very notion of the American dream—all while asking what it really means to weather a storm.

AGE GROUP: | Older Adults | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Books, Poetry, & Writing |

TAGS: | Virtual Program | Book Club |

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West Hollywood Library began service to the area (then unincorporated ) in 1913. The library was previously located at Sherman School, a cottage on Clark Street, a building on Westbourne Drive, and a building near the present site. The Library has an active Friends of the Library group.

The new library was dedicated October 1, 2011.

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